Fashion Apparel Buisness organization

North Dakota State University's Fashion Apparel Business Organization

Fashion Apparel Business Organization is made up of members with an interest in fashion, business, retail, and design. The focus of FABO is to give students an overview and perspective of what it looks like to work in the industry.

Positions held: President, Program Coordinator

My roles and responsibilities:

Lead to maintain the organization's mission to provide members with a creative outlook, educational benefits, opportunities for professional networking, and opportunities for community service.
Maintain, lead and operate the organization's executive team tasks involving new member recruitment, meeting coordination, connections with alumni, university guidelines, social media marketing, and community service in a way to creates a positive and efficient work environment
Coordinate the organization's fashion show by communicating between retailers in the community, designers involved, and students to make sure the show runs smoothly and professionally it a way to best represent the fashion show.

Fundraising

Being the FABO President, I oversee the finances of the organization. One way we raise money is through fundraising! This year we collaborated with the brand PuraVida. PuraVida is an ethically made jewelry brand that provides working waged jobs to artisans around the world. We worked with them to design a simple bracelets design that shows off our school colors and bison pride! With these bracelets we marketed the, to students, faculty, and other bison fans, to ultimately sell them to raise money for our organization. We did this by social media marketing, tabeling on campus, and by word of mouth. Doing this, members gained experience in marketing, sales, and communication.

Community Volunteering

Part of FABO's mission is to volunteer and give back to the community. During my time in the as a student I volunteered at the YWCA Women’s center, Fargo Fashion Week, Red Brick Boutique, Boo at NDSU, and the Arc Attic Treasures thrift store!

Fashion Show Planning and Production:

In April of 2020, I was the leader of the University-wide fashion show where I was forced to make hard decisions due to the state of the world. Although we were unable to hold this event in person, we kept going and adapted to a new virtual format of our fashion show production.

Previous years, I was the Stores and Models committee Chair. As this position, it was my job to organize and oversee all stores and models. It was my job to reach out to local retailers to get them involved with our show production. Some of my responsibilities included...

Setting timely goals for members in this committee in order to meet show deadlinesEmailing and going door to door to retailers to get them involved
Being a problem solver and working as a resource to help with any questions or conflicts that might come up
Reaching out to models
Scheduling and styling fittings
Transportation of apparel and accessories

In the spring, students work together to plan, organize, and host the NDSU Fashion Apparel Business Organization Fashion Show.